Former First Deputy Speaker of Parliament and Member of Parliament for Kasungu East, Madalitso Kazombo, has been laid to rest at Vikuyu Estate in the area of Senior Chief Dr Kaomba in Kasungu District, amid eulogies calling on others to emulate the life he lived. People from all walks of life gathered at the estate…
Congestion has become dire at Kasungu Prison Farm, where 650 inmates are crammed into a facility built to hold only 200 people and are being provided with food that was initially budgeted for just 450 inmates. Worse still, the correctional institution goes weeks without piped water, forcing inmates to fetch water from a distance of…
Households enrolled in the Social Cash Transfer Programme in Kasungu say the initiative is enabling them to break the cycle of poverty and improve their livelihoods. One of the beneficiaries, 29-year-old Victor Manda, a head of a four-member household from Jakapu Village in Traditional Authority Chisikwa, said this during a monitoring tour aimed at appreciating…
A total of 53 primary schools, a few Community Day Secondary Schools, and several health facilities in both off-grid and on-grid areas of Kasungu are set to be electrified under the Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation in Malawi (ASCENT) project. Speaking during a District Executive Committee (DEC) meeting, Project Officer Austin Thewu said…